I feel that the mass of code that actually runs the economy is remarkably untouched by AI coding agents.
Ask HN: COBOL devs, how are AI coding affecting your work?
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#3I am in banking and it's fine we have some finetuned models to work with our code base. I think COBOL is a good language for LLM use. It's verbose and English like syntax aligns naturally with the way language models process text. Can't complain.
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#4I am in banking and it's fine we have some finetuned models to work with our code base. I think COBOL is a good language for LLM use. It's verbose and English like syntax aligns naturally with the way language models process text. Can't complain.
What these models are doing - migrations, new feature releases, etc? What does your setup look like?
I also suspect they need a similar amount of hand holding and review.
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#6I've also used AI to convert a really old legacy app to something more modern. It works surprisingly well.
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#7No humans understand COBOL, no AI understand COBOL.
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#8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM7Q7u0pZyQ&list=PLxeenGqMmm...
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
What these models are doing - migrations, new feature releases, etc? What does your setup look like?
I suspect they're doing whatever job needs to be done, as with models in any other language. I also suspect they need a similar amount of hand holding and review.